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the petals ; anthers opening by pores at the top. Ovary 2-celled ; 
style long incurved, stigma dilated. Capsule membranous, 
flattened, opening at the margins, usually enclosed in the per- 
sistent calyx. Seeds appendaged at the base, one in each cell. 
The British * Milkwort 5 (P. vulgaris) is closely allied to the Himalayan 
species. 
Flowers purple or pink. 
Keel 2-lobed at the tip, not crested 
Keel with a fringed crest at the tip. 
Stem and leaves densely hairy . 
Stem and leaves glabrous or nearly so. 
Perennial. Rootstock woody. Leaves linear, 
i-1 in. ..... 
Annual. Root fibrous. Leaves lanceolate, 
1-2 in. . 
Flowers yellow ....... 
1. P. triphylla. 
2. P. crotalarioides. 
3. P. abyssinica. 
4. P. persicaricefolia. 
5. P. chinensis. 
1. Polygala triphylla, Buch.-Ham . ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 201. Annual, 
glabrous. Stems weak, nearly erect, 2-4 in., branched. Leaves 
orbicular or spathulate, ^-1 in. ; stalk often winged. Flowers 
deep pink, in slender, erect, terminal racemes 1-1J in. Calyx 
falling off after flowering. Keel-petal 2-lobed at the tip, not 
crested. Capsule orbicular, narrowly winged. 
Simla, Chadwick Falls, Syree ; August-October. — Temperate Himalaya, 
4000-8000 ft. — Malaya. 
2. Polygala crotalarioides, Buch.-Ham. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 201. 
Perennial, densely hairy. •. Rootstock woody, often tuberous. 
Stems short, thick, decumbent, branches long spreading. Leaves 
nearly sessile, ovate or oblong-ovate, J-2 in. Flowers purple, 
crowded in axillary racemes. Calyx persistent. Keel-petal 
crested. Capsule heart-shaped, fringed. (Fig. 14.) 
